Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the Senate for Western Australia 2019.

Committee service

• Senate Standing: Senators' Interests from 2.7.2019.
• Senate Select: Aboriginal Flag from 3.9.2020 to 13.10.2020.
• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Education and Employment: Legislation from 2.7.2019 to 13.5.2021; Education and Employment: References from 2.7.2019 to 13.5.2021; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation from 2.7.2019.
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit from 2.7.2019.
• Joint Standing: National Capital and External Territories from 22.7.2019.
• Joint Select: Australia's Family Law System from 19.9.2019 to 22.11.2021; Implementation of the National Redress Scheme from 1.12.2021 (Chair from 2.12.2021).

Party positions

• Liberal Party candidate for the division of Burt, 2016.
• Chair of the Liberal Party Campaign Committee (WA Branch) from 2017 to 2019.
• Vice-President of the Liberal Party Fremantle Division from 2017 to 2019.
• President of the Liberal Party Jandakot (WA) Branch from 2017 to 2019.

Personal

• Born 11.12.1978, Mount Lawley, Australia
• Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• (CertIIIElecServ) (Midland TAFE).
• Trade Certificate in Electronics and Communication.
• Electronic Technician at Terravision PTY LTD from 1996 to 1999.
• Youth Leader at Perth Christian Life Centre from 2000 to 2003.
• Youth Leader at Garden City Christian Church from 2003 to 2007.
• Chief Operating Officer - Generation One, Minderoo Foundation from 2008 to 2018.
• O'Sullivan Consulting from 2018 to 2019.

Honours

• Recipient of the Business News' 40under40 award, 2016.

Publications

• M O'Sullivan, 'Data should drive next generation of jobseekers into work', in L Coleman [ed.], Let Every Stage Advance: Policy Ideas for Australia's 50th Parliament, UWA Public Policy Institute, Crawley, Western Australia, 2019.